Walmart reviews

-Massive politics between Stores and Online - territorialism, shameless idea stealing, and constant upward management of c-suite results in lots juggling between VPs over projects -Stores slower growth, culture, and mature business bureaucracy hamper many ecomm initiatives (e.g. "some stores executives still don't think this 'ecommerce thing' is real") -No free food except fruit and coffee -

-There's no denying that Walmart has it's stigma as viewed by a lot of people based on media outlets, poor shopping experiences, etc... A lot of that is focused on lack of health benefits & subpar pay for it's employees. While yes that may be true, here's a bit of a more detailed look into the company based on my 12 years of experience with the company. Pay- While pay may be decent as a member of management, bear in mind that you'll be salaried, and you'll be very likely working 12-14 hour shifts a day. Finished your work? Completed all your administrative tasks? Departments looking up to par? Great, now stay behind to help out coworkers who can't get their tasks done. When your working this many hours you'll have to do the math to figure how much of a trade off you'd like to make with your life outside of work. Work/Life Balance- If you're an hourly employee, you may be 1-2 times a month called by a member of managment on your day off requesting you to come in as most stores are understaffed. If you're a hourly supervisor, your schedule more or less revolves around corporate visits, holidays, and inventories. Holidays are considered black out periods so there will be no opportunity to take, let alone request any time off. If you're a salaried member of management, forget it, you will virtually have no life outside of work. If you're not in the middle of your 14 hour shift, you will be fielding phone calls, answering to your superiors, or writing statements, floor plans, or just getting called in on your days off. Unethical work practices- When stores, specifically new ones, are struggling with sales it in turn has the store slotted as overstaffed, district managers will give direction to terminate employment wherever they see fit. They will start with seasonal associates, and then they will move on to what they view as "under-perfomers" All for the sake of meeting the bottom line and putting the stores Profit and Loss Report in the green. Discrimination- I've worked for 11 different store managers, 6 different district managers, and 3 different regional managers in my tenure. There is a undeniable consistency in the inconsistency with upper managment not following company policies regarding discrimination. In the year 2000, Walmart was sued 4,581 times, roughly one every 2 hours. I myself have witnessed store managers giving direction to not hire african american employees, promotions based soley on personal relationshilps, and retaliation for using the companies open door policy (A policy that one can use to express any concerns) Unsafe work conditions- Everyone single Walmart in the nation has it's in store temperature managed by one central location in Bentonville, Arkansas. Stores can often times be too hot to work in (ex: unloaders unloading out trucks) or just downright freezing. Associates are indeed pushed to work through their breaks, although their not asked directly, they are given a comical amount of tasks to complete within a day that associates are compelled to work right through their breaks, and sometimes even their lunches while upper managment turns a blind eye. OSHA violations are a common theme within stores. Additionally, Walmart has recently brought up the hourly pay rate for it's associates under mounting pressure from OURWALMART, not only was the increase in pay minimal, the company restructured it's F/T P/T plan for associates. It is now nearly impossible to be hired as a Full Time associate of Walmart. Associates that are hired will be part time bringing in on average 22 hours a work week, nowhere near where you need to be to acquire company benefits. All done to counter this minimal increase in pay. I've worked for this company for 12 years, worked in 8 different stores, worked for 11 different store managers, and have known many managers who have transferred across the country communicating to me the same opportunities elsewhere.